There are 7 ways to get from Cardiff to Shanghai by train, plane, or bus
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train to Bristol Airport, fly to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
best- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meadstrain
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG)plane BRS - PVG
17h 43m¥1,990–5,233Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG)plane LHR - PVG
16h 17m¥2,991–5,995Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA)plane LHR - SHA
17h 50m¥3,241–12,245Train, train to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Readingtrain
- Take the train from Reading to Gatwick Airporttrain
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG)plane LGW - PVG
17h 25m¥3,053–8,128Train to Manchester Airport, fly to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Wilmslowtrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG)plane MAN - PVG
17h 42m¥3,237–5,719Fly Cardiff Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Fly from Cardiff Airport (CWL) to Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG)plane CWL - PVG
18h 39m¥2,907–10,121Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Nantong Xingdong Airport, bus
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Nantong Xingdong Airport (NTG)plane LHR - NTG
- Take the bus from Jiangsu Tongzhou to Shanghai Zongzhanbus
22h 13m¥3,126–8,885
Bristol Airport (BRS) to Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Cardiff to Shanghai is to train and fly which costs ¥1900 - ¥5500 and takes 17h 43m.
The fastest way to get from Cardiff to Shanghai is to train and fly which takes 16h 17m and costs ¥2900 - ¥6000.
The distance between Cardiff and Shanghai is 9471 km.
It takes approximately 17h 43m to get from Cardiff to Shanghai, including transfers.
Shanghai is 8h ahead of Cardiff. It is currently 5:53 PM in Cardiff and 1:53 AM in Shanghai.
There are 1401+ hotels available in Shanghai.
What companies run services between Cardiff, Wales and Shanghai, China?
KLM flies from Cardiff Airport (CWL) to Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) 6 times a week.
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,000–6,500
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,100–6,500
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,100–6,500
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,700–5,500
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,700–5,500
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,800–6,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Nantong Xingdong Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,400–7,500
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,800–4,900
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,100–6,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport via Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,200–7,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport via Wuhan
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,200–7,500
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport via Changsha
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,400–8,000
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,800–5,500
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,300–7,500
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Wuhan
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 47m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,100–7,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Beijing Daxing
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,000–7,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport via Beijing Daxing
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,100–7,500
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Zhengzhou
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,200–6,000
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,200–6,000
- Website
- shenzhenair.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Nantong Xingdong Airport via Chongqing
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,800–12,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Nantong Xingdong Airport via Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,700–12,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Nantong Xingdong Airport via Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,500–8,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Nantong Xingdong Airport via Xiamen
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,700–9,000
- Website
- cathaypacific.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,600–8,500
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,000–7,500
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,800–10,000
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,200–8,000
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,300–7,500
- Website
- xiamenair.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport via Chongqing
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,500–11,000
- Website
- juneyaoair.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,900–5,500
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 55m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,900–6,000
- Website
- hainanairlines.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,900–6,000
- Website
- donghaiair.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Nantong Xingdong Airport via Chongqing
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,800–12,000
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 7000 125
- [email protected]
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥140–260
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥500–1,000
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥500–1,000
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Cardiff Central to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥400–750
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Reading to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥190–350
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥500–1,000
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
- Phone
- 03333 211 202
- Website
- Transport for Wales
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥110–180
- Website
- Transport for Wales
Train from Cardiff Central to Wilmslow
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥470–750
- Website
- Transport for Wales
- Phone
- +44 3447 369 123
- [email protected]
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- ¥140–220
- Website
- Cross Country
- [email protected]
- Website
- chinabusguide.com
Bus from Jiangsu Tongzhou to Shanghai Zongzhan
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥56–100
- Schedules at
- chinabusguide.com
- Bus
- ¥70–100
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